The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
From Saturdays NEWS.
THE RAIN BOOM.
One That is Worth Millions of Del
lars to our Grain and Cattle
Growers.
Confidence Strengthened In EmpOria's
Boom by CopiOus Showers.
No Further Fears of a Lack Of the
Water Supply for Stock Pur-
poses,
And Immense Crops Of the Cereals
Assured Beyond all Doubt
What Some Of Our best Informed Cat
tie Men Have to Say.
The Dreaded Chinch Bug no longer
Able to ravage Our Crops,
AS Mother Nature Has Theroug bly,
What Some Of Our best Informed Cat
tie Men Have to Say.
The Dreaded GhinCh Bug no IoDgs
Able to ravage Our Crops.
AS Mother Nature Has Theroug hly
Drowned the Insect Out.

last night, just IN time to let all our
excursionists get home dry, and when
our live stock were about famished for
lack of water and the farmers were be-
ginning to bore wells, comes the best
and heaviest rain of the season, so that
all the watering places are well filled
and cattle will not suffer. This should
be another lesson to the "croaker" who
has for the last few days been predict
ing all kinds of failures in crops and
everything else. 1t is very evident that
the state of Kansas has superior kind
of guardian angel watching over its
welfare-one that puts in its best
efforts when most needed.
Thinking any information from re-
liable sources would be. of interest to
our many readers. THE NEWS this
morning sent out its agricultural re-
porter to interview some of our best
posted farmers and stock men with the
following result:
Mr.. S. Nation and son, on being
questioned as to the results of the
splendid shower of last night, expressed
themselves as being thoroughly salts
fed that the glorious rainfall had set
tied all doubt as to the seasons supply
Mr.. Nation said he had been out of
town and took particular notice that
all the gullies and hollows for storage
of water were well filed. Besides this,
he claimed, as he looked toward
the clouds, that it had not
as yet got through with
the downpour of heavens blessing to
man and beast, as, judging by the ap-
pearance of the sky we would have still
more.
Mr.. I. D. Fox, who, as nearly every
citizen of Emporia knows, is careful
observer of crop prospects, being large
ly interested not only in cattle but also
in farming generally, said that the rain
was even a bigger boom than the one
that had already struck our fortunate
city, as it had virtually decided our en-
tire crop prospects as to whether we
would have a meagre or an immense
yield. The ram, he continued, has set
at rest all prospects OF damage by
chinch bugs, as it has undOubt-
eddy cleaned them out, and we
need no longer fear their ravages,
either in corn, oats or wheat. Posi-
bly,, he thought, some Oat fields had
been already SO badly damaged that
corn would have to take the place of
the oats which had been damaged, but
wheat was all right, and it and corn
had shot up like magic within the last
few hours.
Several other prominent agricul-
turists were spoken to, and while all in
the main agreed with the above quoted
gentlemen, still some thought that we
could stand little more dampneSs, as
the ground was like a sponge and
would soak up an immense amount OF
water.
It has always been the great argu-
ment in the mouth of the ''croaker"
heretofore, whenever we have been
having even short dry spell, that
crops would be all burned up and cattle
die of drouth. And it has always here
tofore, as at present, turned out that
Just when heavens choicest blessing
was most needed it came in just the
manner best adapted to our wants.
Earlier in the spring, and just after
voting the bonds above referred to, a
copious and steady driZzle, with Occa-
Sional heavy doWnfallS of rain, occur
red and continued for several days:
This was just such a rain as was of
most benefit at that time, as it fell in
such manner as to thoroughly soak
into the parched ground and not let a
drop of it waste.
The shower of last night, onthe con-
trary, was terribly heavy, and at times
seemed to come from the clouds almost
like solid mass of water. This was
exactly what was most needed at this
time, as it not only thoroughly drowned
out the chinch bug, but came so fast
that the gravely soil in some places was
unable to absorb it fast enough to keep
it from running off and filling up the
many natural reservoirs for holding it
for stock purposes.
This magnificent gift of God has
probably added an impetus to the boom
which had already struck our city, and
this morning smiling faces can be seen
on every hand. One great secret of
our success is the fact, patent to the
only the natural position but
also possess within ourselves
and surroundings all the essential
elements for the support of large pop
ulation. The impression Of the stran-
ger visiting US for the first time is not
one Of doubt and we are seldom If ever
asked the question ''what is to keep up
your boom?' He sees at glance that
we are surrounded on all sides, far as
the eye can reach, by the most magnif-
icent country that the good Lord ever
permitted the bright sun to shine upon.
That while for stock raising we have
the finest country in the world, our fer
tile soil is susceptible of producing i'm
mense crops of all the finest cereals,
vegetables and fruits, with compare
lively little labor on the part of the
husbandman, that can be procured
anywhere outside the tropics.
This was all verified by the action of
our visitors during the past week.
They came. they saw, and as proof of
their confidence in what we have re-
ferred to above, they quietly invested
thousands of dollars IN our midst as a
pledge that they thoroughly believed
in us and grand and magnificent fu-
ture for this place.
From Prof. Dinsmore, who has
charge Of the weather instruments at
the Normal, we receive information
that the fall of rain last night was 1.22
inches, and that the prospects are ex-
cellent for still more before tomorrow.
The attention Of our readers is called
to the advertisements DR.. Robert
Lyon in another column, who has prac-
ticed medicine with the greatest sue
cess for over forty years. His reputa-
ton for curing comp licetedand chronic
diseases has made him famous among
members of the profession, having rel
Iieyed thousands where other eminent
physicians hav allied. Those suffer
ing who believe in the old adage ''prac-
tice makes the man" shoulc not fail TO
ooyasr.If him am. obtain relief His